This book aims to take the reader on a journey into the symbolic universe of ancient Egypt, as revealed through its amulets, which testify to the originality and richness of the civilisation of the pharaohs. Although often tiny, these objects nonetheless evoke the most varied aspects of life: the daily concerns of the Nile peasant having to deal with an environment still haphazardly under control, the multifaceted array of gods and sacred animals, the nuanced features of royalty…
\nIt takes its cue from the approach pioneered by Jacques-\u00e9douard Berger, responsive as he was to an object\u2019s \u201cdiscourse,\u201d and the reader is treated to a passionate investigation of the meaning of the concept of \u201cneter,\u201d universal and divine harmony, through objects imbued with \u201cnefer,\u201d profound and all-embracing beauty.
\nMost of the amulets presented in the book are on display in the Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts (mudac) in Lausanne, where the Jacques-\u00e9douard Berger Collection is in long-term deposit.<\/p>\n
Philippe Germond<\/strong> holds a PhD in Egyptology from the University of Geneva and is the chairman of the Egyptology Society of Geneva. He is the author of numerous essays and reports in specialist journals and important books: Sekhmet et la protection du monde, Aegyptiaca Helvetica 9<\/em> (Basel-Geneva 1981), Les Invocations \u00e0 la Bonne Ann\u00e9e au temple d\u2019Edfou, Aegyptiaca Helvetica 11<\/em> (Basel-Geneva 1986), Bestiaire \u00e9gyptien<\/em> (Citadelles & Mazenod, Paris 2001).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This book aims to take the reader on a journey into the symbolic universe of ancient Egypt, as revealed through its amulets, which testify to the originality and richness of the civilisation of the pharaohs. Although often tiny, these objects nonetheless evoke the most varied aspects of life: the daily concerns of the Nile peasant…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3532,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[46],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3555","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-archaeology","7":"disponibilita-no","8":"description-off","10":"first","11":"outofstock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=3555"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3555"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}